Childhood Trauma Questionnaire: Short Form (CTQ-SF)

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c. Measures

Demographic variables. Firstly, all participants are asked to give information about their date of birth, gender, socioeconomic status, ethnic background and education.

Traumatic events in childhood will be measured using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire-Short Form (CTQ-SF) Dutch Version. The CTQ-SF questionnaire is a retrospective self-report with 28-items. The CTQ-SF measures five types of negative childhood experiences: physical abuse (e.g., “I believe that I was physically abused”); emotional neglect (e.g. “People in my family called me ‘stupid, lazy, or ugly”); physical neglect (e.g., “I had to wear dirty clothes”); emotional neglect (e.g., “I felt that someone in my family hated me”); and sexual abuse (e.g., “Someone molested me”). Five items assess each the types of negative …show more content…

The selected psychiatric hospitals will be contacted by mail and invited for participation in the study. After two weeks, psychiatric hospitals will be phoned and asked, if they want to participate. If psychiatric hospitals agree, they will be asked to report the number of psychotic patients that they have in treatment and that they can participate. After that, an appointment will be scheduled in order to begin the study. Moreover, the researcher will meet each patient individually and inform for the purpose of the study. Patients, can also decide themselves, if they want to participate or not.
Procedures for data collection. After consenting to take part, one trained psychologists will administer the questionnaires. The procedure will last approximately 3 hours. In particular, for the study group, a trained psychologist, who will be aware of the clinical status of the patient will administer the questionnaires in the following order, the demographics questionnaire, the Dissociative Experiences Scale, the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition and after having a break they were given the CTQ-SF as part of a standard intake test

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